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High-Resolution Methane Detection with the GHGSat Constellation

GHGSat operates a constellation of small satellites designed to detect and quantify methane emissions with high sensitivity compared with existing satellite technologies. An impo…

The magmatic-hydrothermal transition record in zircon: Implications for zircon texture, composition and rare-metal gran…

Zircon petrochronology is widely used to quantify the age and duration of magma differentiation and emplacement. However, 20 in highly differentiated magmas, such as those forming…

Unsupervised data selection for focused time-lapse inversion in electrical resistivity tomography monitoring

Time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography (TLERT) is a popular technique to monitor subsurface processes. Inversions and interpretation often remain challenging because of nois…

Environmental pathogen hazards reveal need for improved sanitation infrastructure in Alabama's Black Belt

Many rural communities in Alabama’s Black Belt region lack adequate sanitation resulting in wastewater discharges that may pose risks to residents. To understand the scope of the …

Disappearing glaciers of the Oregon Cascades, USA

The Oregon Cascades had 35 named glaciers on seven volcanos in the 1980s, with 34 of those glaciers remaining by 2000. Here we document the glaciers that fall into the Global Glac…

Transition from wave- to tide-dominated estuary: An example from the Eocene Urahoro Group, eastern Hokkaido, northern J…

Estuarine morphologies are commonly classified into two end-member categories based on dominant sediment transport processes: wave-dominated and tide-dominated estuaries. Although …

Inference of the S- to P-wave velocity anomalies ratio and its uncertainty with an application to South-East Asia

The ratio R of shear-wave to compressional-wave velocity variations (dlnVs/dlnVp) is a useful physical parameter to study the thermochemical properties of the Earth's interior. Se…

Mainshock Rupture Properties, Aftershock Activities and Remotely Triggered Seismicity Associated with the 2025 Mw7.7 Sa…

A devastating Mw 7.7 earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 28, 2025, causing extensive damage and casualties across Myanmar and neighboring regions. The 2025 event oc…

Identifying and overcoming social-ecological barriers to ending plastics pollution

Plastics are deeply embedded in contemporary life, and their production and pollution contribute to irreversible harm across ecological and social systems. Recognized as a “novel …

A revised boundary between the Scoor Pelitic Gneiss and the Lagan Mòr Formation in SW Mull?

The Moine rocks of SW Mull have played a key role in our understanding of the Moine sequence in the NW Highlands. The Mull sequence was thought uniquely, to contain a continuous s…

Phytoplankton variable stoichiometry modifies key biogeochemical fluxes and the functioning of the ocean biological pump

Ocean biota absorb carbon at the surface and export some to the ocean interior via the biological pump, affecting surface carbon, air-sea CO₂ exchange, and climate. Marine phytopl…

Users of a Container-Based Sanitation Service Experience High Sanitation-Related Quality of Life: A Prospective Cohort …

Sanitation users often value improved sanitation interventions for social benefits, such as improved safety and dignity. Some sanitation providers have started using well-being me…

A simulation-based study using boundary conditions of a thermal response for common building materials in a low-income …

Indoor thermal comfort is still a major issue in low-income housing in tropical urban areas like Kampala, Uganda, where passive design techniques are frequently the only practical…

Integrated Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing approach to Groundwater Potential modelling in Trans Mara W…

Narok County is one of the arid and semi-arid counties in Kenya characterized by variable rainfall patterns and limited surface water resource. Therefore, groundwater is a critica…

Agri-food corporations’ role in water sustainability and water resilience of global supply chains

Agriculture is both a major contributor to water scarcity and highly vulnerable to it. The agri-food sector accounts for approximately 70% of global human water abstraction and 90…

Mapping the health harm of Bangladeshi brick kilns

Bangladesh suffers from poor air quality, with brick kilns as major contributors that remain difficult to regulate. We combine satellite remotely-sensed data, machine learning, an…

The Mesozoic Conundrum: Global Albedo Factors Resolve the Lack of Correlation Between Temperatures and CO2 Concentratio…

The "Mesozoic Conundrum" refers to the lack of correlation between CO₂ atmospheric concentration and global mean surface temperatures in Mesozoic climate reconstructions (Judd et …

Space-time data-driven modeling of wildfire initiation in the mountainous region of Trentino–South Tyrol, Italy

Wildfires are complex hazards occurring worldwide, leading to substantial economic losses, fatalities, and carbon emissions. The interplay of climate change, land use alterations,…

Coral Reefs Span Borders, So Must Solutions: A Blueprint for International Cooperation for Coral Reef Conservation in C…

Coral reefs face escalating threats from climate change, yet reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone will not ensure their survival. Local and regional conservation efforts are ur…

Archaean basalts record evidence of lithospheric extension prior to cratonisation

The dynamics of Earth’s early mantle remain enigmatic. A wide range of tectonic settings have been proposed for the Archaean eon prior to cratonisation, a time from which few samp…

Subsurface hydrothermal alteration mapping in the Reykjanes Geothermal area using a combined geoelectrical approach.

The dynamic behavior of volcanic hydrothermal systems (VHS) and associated hydrothermal eruptions remains largely unknown, processes in VHS such as the circulation of hydrothermal…

Predicting Glacier Ice Melt with Machine Learning to Address Climate Change

The accelerating decline in glacier mass due to climate change presents a significant threat to global water resources, sea levels, and ecosystem stability. This research integ…

Paleo extreme storm waves in the North Atlantic: geological evidence from Sal Island, Cape Verde Archipelago.

The northwestern coast of Sal Island (Cape Verde Archipelago) is characterized by a rocky shoreline that is regularly impacted by Atlantic swells exceeding 4 m in height and 20 s …

The Characteristics of Rayleigh and Love Wave Azimuthal Anisotropy: Observations Across Alaska

Using ambient noise data from 10 s to 50 s period across Alaska, we confirm previous estimates of Rayleigh wave 2ψ azimuthal anisotropy and present the first estimates of Rayleigh…

ARIA: Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability Assessment

ARIA (Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability Assessment) is a Python package designed to streamline the calculation of environmental impacts based on the life cycle assessment…

Biorestorer: Synthetic Succession for Soil Restoration in Arid and Degraded Regions

Soil degradation in arid and semi-arid regions poses a critical threat to global ecological stability and food security. This paper introduces Biorestorer, a systems-based framewo…

Heavy Metal Toxicity: A Major Driver of Past Biodiversity Crises?

Whether today’s heavy metal pollution represents an unprecedented threat to biodiversity, in Earth’s history remains an open question. Here, we reassess the state-of-the-art resea…

Optimization of Automated Sea Ice Melt Pond Depth Determination in ICESat-2 Laser Altimeter Data with the DDA-bifurcate…

Melt ponding on Arctic sea ice is a key indicator of the transition from a predominantly perennial to a seasonal sea ice cover, yet quantitative data on pond depth remain limited.…

Hydraulic geometry hypothesis allows reverse engineering of 3D quasi-equilibrium landscapes from 2D channel networks

A fluvial catchment consists of unchannelized hillslopes drained by a channel network. Catchments can be fully characterized by their three-dimensional (3D) topography and the ban…

Water Quality and Microclimate Gradients in the Argentine Andes and Patagonia: Field Measurements of TDS, Conductivity,…

This field study reports portable in situ measurements of water temperature, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), electrical conductivity (EC), air temperature, and humidity across six r…

How Advertising Matters: Outdoor Media Strategies for Increased Engagement with Creative Climate Change Messages

Amid many communication strategies in 2025, creative advertising approaches are clearly powerful tools. Yet, out-of-home (OOH) or outdoor media (OM) often receives little attentio…

A climate empirical temperature simulator, an application in Provence (France)

The importance of being able to make climate projections at the local level is fundamental because they are the ones that will serve as an input for any vulnerability study as par…

The Motion and Tilts of Subsurface Floats due to Surface Waves

Subsurface and nearly neutrally-buoyant floats can be stable, well-behaved platforms for measuring ocean dynamics in the near-surface wave zone.  Here, we measure and model the wa…

The OpenQuake Model Building Toolkit: A suite of tools for building components of a seismic hazard model

Building a probabilistic seismic hazard model is a complex task, requiring the integration of disparate datasets into one cohesive and comprehensive model. To facilitate this proc…

Enzyme-Mediated Multiphase Precipitation (EMMP): An Innovative Strategy for Ecotoxic Metal Immobilization in Aqueous S…

Ecotoxic metal contamination in wastewater and soil poses a critical environmental challenge due to its persistence, toxicity, and bioaccumulation potential. While conventional bi…

Climate Change Impacts on Inland and Black Sea Marine Fisheries: Risks, Adaptation, and Sustainable Investment Pathways

This paper explores climate adaptation and sustainable investment strategies within the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, with a focus on vulnerable regions such as the Black Sea…

How to Model Cooling Service Flow of Urban Parks Based on Supply-Flow-Demand Framework? A Case Study of Beijing Olympic…

Rapid urbanization intensifies the urban heat island effect and undermines health for vulnerable communities located beyond the effective cooling reach of large parks. This study …

Time shift: The peak reduction potential of demand response with simple time-of-use pricing

Increasing electrification of energy systems, required for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, poses challenges for electricity systems from increased peak demand. Demand respons…

Peak loads, health, and energy equality. The effects of demand-side electricity efficiency interventions

Electrification is key for climate change mitigation but, if unmanaged, risks increasing energy poverty, inequalities, and peak electricity demand. While demand response to reduce…

Peak demand, consumer costs, and socioeconomic effects: Considerations for distributed generation and energy storage

Electrification is a key approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions but will increase peak demand, challenging electricity systems. Distributed generation (DG) from solar phot…

Holocene deglaciation of Prudhoe Dome, northwest Greenland

Projections of future sea-level rise benefit from understanding the response of past ice sheets to interglacial warmth. Constraints on the extent of inland Greenland Ice Sheet (Gr…

Modeling Daily Plume Specific Smoke Concentrations for Health Effects Studies with Estimates of Fire Size, Plume Age, a…

Inhaling smoke PM2.5 can cause adverse health effects ranging from acute (e.g., lung irritation) to chronic (e.g., lung cancer). Acute health effects have immediate implications f…

Accuracy and realism of CMIP6 candidate models in capturing dry, moist, and extreme precipitation anomalies in the Laur…

The Great Lakes are the world’s largest freshwater system, and understanding how Great Lakes precipitation dynamics will be modified by climate change is of critical importance. A…

Reducing Bias in Cropland Soil Organic Carbon and Clay Predictions using Sentinel-2 Composites and Data Balancing

Accurate maps of cropland soil organic carbon stocks (SOCS) and clay content are essential for climate-smart agriculture. Soil reflectance composites (SRC), derived from multispec…

Turbulent Snow Transport and Accumulation: New Reduced-Order Models and Diagnostics

Understanding and modeling snow particle dynamics in the atmosphere remains a significant challenge for atmospheric scientists, hydrologists, and glaciologists. Temporally and spa…

Most bivalves and gastropods calcify indistinguishably from dual clumped isotope equilibrium

Molluscan shell-carbonates are extensively used to reconstruct paleo-temperatures at sub-annual resolution. The accurate application of two widely used temperature proxies, the sh…

Precursory Patterns, Evolution and Physical Interpretation of the 2025 Santorini-Amorgos Seismic Sequence

The 2025 Santorini-Amorgos seismic sequence marked a significant episode of volcanic-seismic unrest in the Hellenic Volcanic Arc, offering a unique opportunity to investigate prec…

The Interplay of Vegetation and Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks in Flash Drought Prediction

Flash droughts, known for their rapid onset and intensification, pose a significant threat to agriculture and water resources. The 2011 Texas flash drought, with its widespread ag…

Luminescence Characteristics of Terrestrial Jarosite from Kachchh, India: A Martian Analogue

In this study, naturally occurring jarosite samples from Kachchh India (considered to be Martian analogue) were characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR),…

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